Amareto Disaronno

• Producer : Fam. Rina, Saronno
• Category : Liqueurs
• Alcohol Content : 28%
• Common Serving : With Coke, 7-Up, Orange Juice, Coffee

Disaronno Original is an Italian liqueur of neutral alcohol, caramel and essence of 17 herbs and fruits which were soaked in apricot kernel oil. Since 1525 the recipe is unchanged. Essential parts of the recipe are almonds. Bernardo Luini, an artist of the Leonardo da Vincii academi was assigned to create a fresco of “the Adoration of the Magi” in the basilica of Disaronno. At that time Luini stayed in a hotel and was so fascianed about the beauty of the young landlady than the lent her face to the Madonna in that fresco. However without means she gratefully created a liqueur of brandy, apricot kernel oil and herbs. Thus the history of today’s “Disaronno Originale” began.

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Ziegler Alter Apfel

• Producer : Brenneri Ziegler, Freudenberg, France
• Category : Spirits
• Alcohol Vol : 43% vol
• Glass serve : Grappa Glass

Ziegler Alter Apfel (apple) is a spirits distilled of a fermented mash of apples. 15 kg apples are required for production of 70ml Ziegler Alter Apfel. For Ziegler Alter Apfel only gravensteiner apples from a German area called “Atlas Land” are used. This region is reclaimed marshland, south of the Elbe Hamburg and Lower Saxony.

In general only fully matured and undamaged fruits are used for the maturation of Ziegler fruits spirits. These fruits are drawn from German fruits farmers and other European suppliers. All growing areas are constantly under control in order to achieve the necessary quality of all Ziegler products.

After the distillation all products have to mature at least three years. Spirits of berry fruits and pomes for three years. Stones fruits at least five years. Classical products mature in stainless steel tanks Product of berries and Ziegler Rarities mature in carboy/demijohn in the rock baseman. Cigar Spirits in oak and chestnut casks. (pict. source: weinquelle.com)

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